| Will the Last Reporter Please Turn Out the Lights: The Collapse of Journalism and What Can Be Done to Fix It Contributor(s): McChesney, Robert W. (Editor), Pickard, Victor (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1595585486 ISBN-13: 9781595585486 Publisher: New Press OUR PRICE: $17.96 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: May 2011 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Language Arts & Disciplines | Journalism - Social Science | Media Studies - Political Science | Political Ideologies - Democracy |
| Dewey: 071.3 |
| LCCN: 2011001292 |
| Physical Information: 1" H x 6" W x 9.1" (1.20 lbs) 384 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Essays by Thomas Frank, Clay Shirky, David Simon, and others: "Anyone concerned about the state of journalism should read this book." --Library Journal The sudden meltdown of the news media has sparked one of the liveliest debates in recent memory, with an outpouring of opinion and analysis crackling across journals, the blogosphere, and academic publications. Yet, until now, we have lacked a comprehensive and accessible introduction to this new and shifting terrain. In Will the Last Reporter Please Turn Out the Lights, celebrated media analysts Robert W. McChesney and Victor Pickard have assembled thirty-two illuminating pieces on the crisis in journalism, revised and updated for this volume. Featuring some of today's most incisive and influential commentators, this comprehensive collection contextualizes the predicament faced by the news media industry through a concise history of modern journalism, a hard-hitting analysis of the structural and financial causes of news media's sudden collapse, and deeply informed proposals for how the vital role of journalism might be rescued from impending disaster. Sure to become the essential guide to the journalism crisis, Will the Last Reporter Please Turn Out the Lights is both a primer on the news media today and a chronicle of a key historical moment in the transformation of the press. |